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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1985
Page
18
In Grass Valley California a registration notice error sent draft notices to seniors and an amputee based on a faulty voter-roll with artificial birthdates. Bruce Bollinger notes the error while recalling a humorous reaction from an elderly man. Dean Lawrence, 70, expresses doubt the country wants him.
Ten investors sue jazz clarinetist Pete Fountain and two associates for 750000 claiming misrepresentation of costs for Reunion Hall at the 1984 world’s fair. They cite a 125000 budget overrun while owners hoped to keep the hall open after the fair. The hall has been demolished as the fair closed in debt.
In West Lebanon Indiana a chicken named Fifi won the longest flight in the fourth annual festival beating rivals Mr. T Minnie Pearl and Bluegrass Lady. Fifi flew 11 feet aided by a bathroom plunger and launched from a wooden box on a town pickup. Owner Ron Hurt wore plastic goggles and a red helmet with yellow antennae.
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